Niche Networking

Say What?

Established in 2007 by a polyglot husband-and-wife team, XIHAlife.com is designed to help people overcome language barriers. Xiha uses language recognition and filtering technology to let people chat, blog, and play games with other users, whatever their language. Founded by Jani Penttinen of Finland and Sun Xiaowen, who is Chinese, Xiha ("fun" in Chinese) attracts about 400,000 unique users a month.